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Several decades ago, for a brief time, I socialized with a crowd that included Sam Shepard—the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, author, screenwriter, and actor—who played on the same polo team as my then husband. Occasionally, as I recall, Shepard would … Read More

I was well into my second decade of analysis when I hit a wall in my freelance writing career. It was early 2000, and, gathering my courage, I’d submitted a query to GEORGE magazine—with its marriage of politics and celebrity, … Read More

I was raised by a mother who was fond of advising me, when out shopping, that if a particular something—say a blouse, or once it was a mirror at a flea market—“spoke to me” then I should buy it. Worlds … Read More

Years ago, when I was struggling through a dry patch of writer’s fatigue after completing a particularly demanding feature story, my wise Jungian analyst remarked that “sometimes you have to take time to let the well fill up.” Like stones dropped … Read More

Pythia is an author, depth journalist, and speaker whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Washingtonian, Religion News Service, The Washington Post, and The Huffington Post. read more.